Re: Locales/sort bug
On 2010-11-04 20:29 +0100, Rob Gom wrote:
> Hi all,
> do you think it's a bug in either libc or coreutils (sort)?
>
> $ cat test.csv
> aph3,"APP",""
> aph3_devel,"TXT",""
> aph3,"MiB",""
>
> $ LC_ALL=C sort test.csv # expected
> aph3,"APP",""
> aph3,"MiB",""
> aph3_devel,"TXT",""
>
> $ LC_ALL=pl_PL sort test.csv # why is that?
> aph3,"APP",""
> aph3_devel,"TXT",""
> aph3,"MiB",""
>
> $ LC_ALL=pl_PL.UTF-8 sort test.csv # another unexpected output
> aph3,"APP",""
> aph3_devel,"TXT",""
> aph3,"MiB",""
>
> Could anyone give me a hint? I know that this is LC_COLLATE related
> (LC_ALL as shorter version), but don't know whether it is my fault or
> upstream bug.
>
> I'd appreciate any comments.
This is covered by the coreutils FAQ:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021
Sven
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